7 h. ago Caribbean bistro weighs leaving ‘war zone’ in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

After 15 years of navigating what he describes as a “war zone” of illegal activity a restaurateur in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside says it may be time to give up on the area.

Transport

4 d. ago Downtown businesses in Vancouver, Victoria decry desperate public safety situation

VANCOUVER — Alan Goodall has owned the Aura nightclub in Vancouver’s entertainment district for 16 years, and says the business’s situation has never been worse. “Just in the last month alone, my ceiling has caved in in three different locations, three times,” Goodall said of club, located on the ground floor of the former Howard […]

Economics

1 week ago ‘We’re people too’: Canada’s homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run

VANCOUVER — Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside after breakfast. He had been sleeping at the shelter for about a month “this time” and said that after several years of homelessness, walking “the beat” during the day when the shelter isn’t open has become […]

Other

1 week ago Downtown Vancouver Costco to start requiring membership to access food court

You'll soon need a Costco card to get yourself a $1.50 hotdog

Economics

2 w. ago This Day in History, 2025: After 138 years in downtown Vancouver, The Bay closes

Current building was built in four stages between 1913 and 1950

Other

2 w. ago Vancouver police arrest armed man barricaded inside DTES social

Vancouver police used a taser and beanbag shotgun during Wednesday's arrest

Events

3 w. ago 'Like a war zone': Three dead since Friday in separate Edmonton speed

I'd never seen a car so disintegrated. Part of the got wrapped around an elm tree. It was wild. It was shocking"

Events

3 w. ago David Eby defends Downtown Eastside adviser appointment — and firing

Vaughn Palmer: Premier says appointment wasn't a secret, but concedes lack of communication helped kill contract

Other

3 w. ago David Eby terminates Downtown Eastside consultancy contract that came under fire

The premier said Michael Bryant would receive no severance and had been paid up to Sunday, about $75,000

Events

3 w. ago Man arrested after violent sex assault, robbery of woman in Stanley Park bathroom

A man was arrested and charged after a woman was violently attacked, robbed and sexually assaulted in a Stanley Park bathroom on Monday.

Events